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Cleopatra
Complete

CHAPTER V
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So she let the King have his way, and no doubt was glad to be relieved from the care of the children; for, even after her royal husband's exile from the city, she never visited her daughters.

True, death allowed her only a short time to do so.
"Her oldest daughter, Berenike, who became her successor, followed her example, and troubled herself very little about her sisters.

I heard after wards that she was very glad to know that they were in charge of persons who filled their minds with other thoughts than the desire to rule.

Her brothers were reared at Lochias by our countryman Theodotus, under the eyes of their guardian, Pothinus.
"Our family life was of course wholly transformed by the reception of the royal children.

In the first place, we moved from our house in the Museum Square into the little palace at Kanopus, and the big, shady garden delighted us.


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